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    <h1 id="did-you-forget-to-close-this-double-quoted-string">Did you
forget to close this double quoted string?</h1>
<h3 id="problematic-code">Problematic code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="SC1078.html#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="va">greeting</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&quot;hello</span></span>
<span id="cb1-2"><a href="SC1078.html#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">target=&quot;</span>world<span class="st">&quot;</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="correct-code">Correct code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="SC1078.html#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="va">greeting</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&quot;hello&quot;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-2"><a href="SC1078.html#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="va">target</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&quot;world&quot;</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="rationale">Rationale:</h3>
<p>The first line is missing a quote.</p>
<p>ShellCheck warns when it detects multi-line double quoted, single
quoted or backticked strings when the character that follows it looks
out of place (and gives a companion warning <a href="SC1079.html">SC1079</a>
at that spot).</p>
<h3 id="exceptions">Exceptions</h3>
<p>If you do want a multiline variable, just make sure the character
after it is a quote, space or line feed.</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="SC1078.html#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="va">var</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&#39;multiline</span></span>
<span id="cb3-2"><a href="SC1078.html#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">&#39;</span>value</span></code></pre></div>
<p>can be rewritten for readability and to remove the warning:</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="SC1078.html#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="va">var</span><span class="op">=</span><span class="st">&#39;multiline</span></span>
<span id="cb4-2"><a href="SC1078.html#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="st">value&#39;</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p>As always <code>`..`</code> should be rewritten to
<code>$(..)</code>.</p>
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